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''[[Die Voortreflike Familie Smit]]'' ("The excellent family Smith") can refer to:
 
''[[Die Voortreflike Familie Smit]]'' ("The excellent family Smith") can refer to:
  
1. an award winning novel by [[Anna M. Louw]] (1913-2003)
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1. an award winning [[Afrikaans]] novel by [[Anna M. Louw]] (1913-2003)
  
 
2. an [[Afrikaans]] film  
 
2. an [[Afrikaans]] film  
  
3. an Afrikaans TV series  
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3. an [[Afrikaans]] TV series  
  
 
The latter two were both based on the novel.
 
The latter two were both based on the novel.

Revision as of 06:02, 10 November 2022

Die Voortreflike Familie Smit ("The excellent family Smith") can refer to:

1. an award winning Afrikaans novel by Anna M. Louw (1913-2003)

2. an Afrikaans film

3. an Afrikaans TV series

The latter two were both based on the novel.

The novel

Telling of the everyday life of a rural family that has moved to the city of Cape Town, as narrated by the teenage daughter Grietjie, the tale first appeared in the magazine Sarie Marais in 196*, and was then published in book form by in 1968. Louw received the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns's Scheepersprys for youth literature for it in 1968.

The film

The TV series

Adapted as a series for TV, directed Stephan Bouwer.